About Us

The economic renewal and development of depressed minority communities require a tremendous infusion of philanthropic funds and resources to accomplish a number of things in the complex puzzle called “Community Development.” Affordable housing, training and jobs as well as avenues of investment are all needed in order for the task to be successfully achieved.There is also a need for the creation of new businesses for new businesses spawn new jobs and income opportunities. In order for new businesses to be generated there must be a stimulus for the entrepreneurial spirit of the residents to emerge and express. Without all the above ingredients being present, the “Community Development” soup will end up a watered down concoction that will disappoint and discourage. Without all those ingredients, the community will remain dependent on the government and non-profit agencies along with hand-outs from outsiders and will never achieve self-sufficiency.

Southeast Sector Community Development Corporation (SESCDC) is a community development corporation with an answer (not the only answer) but an answer nonetheless!

SESCDC is developing a multi-layered, multi-faceted approach to this highly complex problem. One that involves tapping into the communitiy's most valuable resource -- the people and their talents and their drive!

Who We Are

Francisco Da Costa,Chief Executive Officer

Francisco has been a resident in the Southeast sector of San Francisco for over 30 years. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, he has traveled extensively throughout the world and was educated in Europe. He has a Masters degree in Philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome. He also earned a Licentiate in Educational Psychology and is a Certified ADA Specialist.Francisco’s focus centers on the issues of energy, the environment, children’s health and violence. He is very well versed in the complexities of infrastructure, power transmission and hazardous materials. His articles in the SF Bayview Newspaper and his activities on behalf of the community are well known among citizens and governmental officials from the Governor to the Mayor to the Board of Supervisors. His website, www.franciscodacosta.com, is visited by people from all around the world.

In addition to his work s Chief Executive Officer of SESCDC, he is also the Director of Environmental Justice Advocacy, an environmental activism think tank. He began his work as an environmental activist in the early 1960s with environmental groups in Germany.

Mr. Da Costa served for 9 years as the Congressional Liaison for the commander of the Sixth U.S. Army headquartered at the Presidio of San Francisco. He also served as the Director of Facilities Management where he was responsible for the entire 1480-acre Presidio Base with over 650 buildings and 1,800 housing units. While at the Presidio, he established the Infrastructure Group, the Maintenance Technical Support unit and the Real Estate and Property Management unit. He also created and managed the Recycling Center in the late 1980s and established the Presidio Nursery with the objective of restoring the native plants of the area.When The Presidio closed, Francisco transferred to the National Park Service. There he helped facilitate the transition from military to civilian usage. He wrote the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB), the civilian organization created to co-ordinate with the military in the cleanup and transition of military base closures. This SOP now serves as the model for new RABs coming online. From 1988 to 2001, he acted as the liaison between MUNI and the Presidio of San Francisco where he actively took part in the creation of the Shuttle for the Presidio and the CNG refueling station. He also performed outreach to facilitate better transportation within the Presidio and encouraging others to pool ride to get to the Presidio from distant places such as Stockton, Fairfield, San Jose, and Monterey. Additionally, he worked with MUNI and the Golden Gate Bridge District to facilitate the physically challenged on transportation issues. Worked with the National Park Service, the Army, and the Presidio Trust on all aspects of Public Transportation.Some of his other activities include being one of the directors of the Unity Foundation; President of the Buffalo Soldiers Committee; Vice-President of the African American Association affiliated to the National Park Service and the Presidio Trust. He also belongs to numerous environmental organizations in San Francisco and the extended Bay Area. Mr. Da Costa is also the spokesman for the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, the first people of the San Francisco Bay area. He is their liaison on matters related to his expertise on Base Closure and the Right of First Refusal exercised at the Presidio of San Francisco, Fort Ord, Oakland Army Base and other bases in the Bay Area.

SESCDC was formed to inject the stimulus of the entrepreneurial spirit into the mix. It seeks to address and correct the lack of a well defined African-American marketplace and its accompanying economy.

SESCDC seeks bring about a shift of consciousness from dependency to self-sufficiency among the people of depressed African-American communities and other similar minority communities.

SESCDC intends to do this by building a network of businesses and business people who will adhere to an exemplary, community-oriented code of financial conduct for the sake of their customers and community.

SESCDC will also seek to provide opportunities for those with the character, entrepreneurial talents, desire and determination to grow businesses, create jobs and build wealth.

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Rev. Andrew L. Bozeman, Chief Financial Officer

Andrew’s focus centers on economic development, self-empowerment and training. His functions within SESCDC include program development and design, proposal writing and multimedia presentations. He brings a range of experience to apply to the vision of revitalizing Bayview Hunters Point. He was ordained in 1982 as a minister of the Church of Amron, a metaphysical ministry in San Francisco. He remained there for 18 years where he became the Executive Director and Director of Minister Training. In 2001, after the death of the founder, he was guided to close the Church to await further spiritual guidance. He was then led to move his activities to Bayview Hunters Point for the mission of transforming the community from a symbol of poverty to a center of prosperity through the effective merging of his spiritual principles and business experience. He was the former Project Director of Technical Training (1996 – 2002) for the Department of Telecommunications and Information Services (DTIS) – City and County of San Francisco (CCSF). There he restructured the operations of the DTIS Technology Learning Center, a computer training facility, to aggressively meet the needs of its customers. This resulted in an increase of annual revenues of over 400%. Before leaving the City, Andrew was also given the additional responsibility of managing the Network Services Engineering Group and was in the process of creating a New Technology Consulting Group for the City. Prior to taking a job with the City, Andrew was the San Francisco Site Manager for Catapult, a national software training company. As foundation for his management of training facilities, Andrew excelled for 12 years (1983 – 1995) as an award-winning computer software trainer. Prior to his journey into the world of technology, Andrew enjoyed a rewarding career in consumer market advertising. He was VP- Creative Services for Burrell Advertising, a Black Consumer Market agency, (1973 –1976) where his creative leadership helped quadruple billings from $2.5 million to $10 million; accounts included McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, South Shore Bank and Brown- Forman. Nine years as an award-winning advertising copywriter and producer for major market advertising agencies, J. Walter Thompson and D’arcy McManus & Masius, on 7UP, Northwestern Mutual, Ford Motor Company, Michelob and Budweiser. Now he brings his varied experience to BVHP to bring it to fruition for the empowerment of our community.